FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 17, 2013
DeKalb History Center Offers New Living History Program for Students
The DeKalb History Center, housed in the old courthouse on the Decatur Square, is offering a new curriculum-based living history program for schools called History Adventure on Oct. 23-25, 2013 at its historic complex at West Trinity Place in Decatur.
“We want something exciting and engaging for students that also covers curriculum standards,” said Jenny Goldemund, Programs and Preservation Coordinator for the Center “An event like this helps create the context through which students come to truly understand our past.”
The three-day event is tailored to the needs of various grade-levels. October 24 covers Georgia History curriculum standards for grades 2 and 8. Students talk with James Oglethorpe, who gives a vivid account of his adventures founding the Georgia colony; Mary Musgrove, an early entrepreneur and Oglethorpe’s translator; Sequoyah, creator of the Cherokee syllabary; and Harriett Tubman, who inspires students with stories about the Underground Railroad. Students also visit two DeKalb pioneer cabins to see nineteenth-century cooking and skills demonstrations. Finally, students visit two historic homes to learn about early settlers and nineteenth-century lifestyles.
4th graders and high school students are invited to visit the third day of the History Adventure, October 25, to experience early American History. They will be greeted by a pre-contact Woodland Indian in her camp, meet a Revolutionary war soldier from General Washington’s army, and see an archaeology and Native American tool demonstration. Harriett Tubman will share her life story again on the third day and students will visit the pioneer cabins and an historic settler home.
“This program has been made possible through the generosity of The Davidson and McCurdy families,” said Goldemund, “We at the DeKalb History Center want to thank them for their support, without which we could not have served the more than 2,000 students attending the event.”
Other sponsors for the event include A.S. Turner and Sons, the Coosawattee Foundation, the Cousins Foundation and Epps Aviation.
For more information about the DeKalb History Center visit call 404-373-1088 or email